Others, like Northanger Abbey, were met with more confusion than enthusiasm. As a coming-of-age romance and a romantic satire, a gothic parody and a comedy of manners, Northanger Abbey has ...

Invited to visit the Tilney estate, Northanger Abbey, she has thoughts of romance but soon learns that status, class and money are all equally important when it comes to matters of the heart.

As Jane Austen turns 250, a definitive ranking of her novels and why the true power of Austen is still to be found in her written work ...

In Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland, spurred on by reading Ann Radcliffe’s book The Mysteries of Udolpho, becomes convinced she is living out her own Gothic fantasy.

In her books she portrayed the society and manners of the life to which she belonged: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. The family ...

NY's Unterberg Poetry Center will present a celebration of beloved author Jane Austen on Thursday, March 27, with a dramatic reading, and a conversation about Austen's iconic novels, her life, and her ...

Key, The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa, has unveiled a number of celebrations to mark Jane Austen 250: the 250th anniversary of the renowned novelist’s birth. Austen has strong connections to the city of ...

This Grade II-listed property, dating back to the 1700s, offers both Regency elegance and literary charm. The post Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary with a luxury stay at Bloomfield House ...

(209 pp.)—Edward Hal left Carr—Knopf ($3.50). “I often think it odd” said one of the characters in Northanger Abbey, “that history should be so dull, for a great deal of it must be ...

Wilkes University, in recognition of Women's History Month, will hold an academic panel and ball to honor Jane Austen's 250th birthday from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 27 on campus at Weckesser Hall, ...